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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

admonished

adjective: punished especially by reproof or reprimand [syn: {chastened}, {rebuked}, {reprimanded}, {reproved}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Admonish \Ad*mon"ish\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Admonished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Admonishing}.] [OE. amonesten, OF. amonester, F. admonester, fr. a supposed LL. admonesstrare, fr. L. admonere to remind, warn; ad + monere to warn. See {Monition}.]

1. To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. ''Admonish him as a brother.'' --2 Thess. iii. 15.

2. To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; -- followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.

Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. --Col. iii. 16.

I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. --Milton.

3. To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify.

Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. --Heb. viii. 5.
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